The applicant herein seeks a declaratory order that: it overpaid withholding tax to the respondent from January 2007 to October 2008 in the total sum of US$215,878.65; it is therefore entitled to offset the withholding tax payable for 2009 and 2010 against that overpayment; and all withholding taxes due by it for 2009 and 2010 have been settled in full. The respondent denies that any such overpayment was made or that the applicant is entitled to any set-off against its liability for withholding tax. Both parties seek an order for costs on a higher scale. More
This matter was argued before me on 25 October 2010. Counsel for both the applicant and the respondent undertook to furnish me with authorities for the arguments advanced on behalf of both litigants. Unhappily counsel did not act on their undertaking with the result that the authorities filed by counsel for the respondent was only availed on 11 November 2010. To date I have not received any from the applicant’s counsel and as a result this judgment will be prepared without the benefit of those authorities More
This judgment is in respect of two matters, HC 2128/21 and HC 2166/21. The two matters were heard together because the substance of their complaints is the same. Both matters were brought by way of application. HC 2128/21 was instituted as an urgent court application while HC 2166/21 was brought as an urgent chamber application. Both applications are opposed by some of the respondents. Opposing papers, answering affidavits and heads of argument were filed following a case management meeting with the parties’ representatives at which the dates for filing the papers were set by consent. More
This is a unanimous decision of the court. The applicant filed an urgent court application which was allocated to us on the 14th of June 2021. After perusing it, we set it down for hearing today at 2pm for the purpose of doing case management.
An hour before the hearing we were served with a notice of withdrawal of the application with a tender for wasted costs.
The respondents’ lawyers appeared for the hearing. However, the applicant’s lawyers did not appear even after we had directed them to appear through the Registrar’s office. The Registrar informed us that they said... More
The applicant filed an urgent court application seeking an order for the committal to prison of the first respondent, Luke Malaba for contempt of court. This was in view of a declarator issued by the High Court on the 15th of May 2021 which he is said to have violated. More
